Bidspirit auction | Thomas Fuller - A Pisgah-Sight

Thomas Fuller - A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine - First edition, London 1650 - A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, with the Historie of the Old and New Testament acted thereon. by Thomas Fuller. London: Printed by M.F. for John Williams, 1650. First edition of the comprehensive study conducted by historian and churchman Thomas Fuller (1601-1661) on the Land of Israel following the Bible and the New Testament. The book includes an engraving in the title and 27 double paltes, most of which are maps of the Land of Israel, Jerusalem, the 12 tribes, the Temple, and more. A rare, important, and expensive book. Sold worldwide for thousands of dollars. Bound in leather. 434 pp. + appendices 202 pp. + index. 34X23 cm. Extensive wear to the cover, including disintegration, tears in the spine, and repairs; the cover is detached from the inside; the first two pages (before the title page) are torn and worn; most of the book's pages are in good condition with minor flaws.